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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

WWE Raw 12/1/08 Review and Results

We’re back in action this week, I’m back from my vacation and I’m in full writing mode again. I start this week in wrestling with nothing else than my full Raw review! That’s right, WWE Raw is back with a vengeance.

Rey Mysterio was scheduled to wrestle the Miz, but was interrupted.

This is stupid. This is how the little guys get injured, they get fed to whatever new monster the WWE is trying to promote. Mike Knox wasn’t even Mysterio’s opponent for this match up, and we go to commercial with Mysterio asking for medical help for his arm.

Cm Punk & Kofi Kingston defeated Manu & Cody Rhodes

Finally, Manu and Cody Rhodes have to wrestle, instead of being random idiots running in and spoiling the fun of the good guys. This match opened strong and for once I actually thought that team priceless was looking competent. I don’t like that Punk and Kingston have the titles, as I’ve always said that established tag teams should not just randomly lose to dream match pairings. The match quickly spilled out to the floor, and right when things were getting interesting, we got a commercial break. Rhodes was trying to keep his job in this one as he really tried hard to look good against Punk. Punk and Kingston work well together, and the crowd was eating this match up. Manu looked like the weak link in this match, and Rhodes would jump in to save him on several occasions. It wasn’t enough though, as Kofi Kingston got the hot tag and was jumping all over the place with everything but the kitchen sink being thrown at Cody Rhodes. Kofi wins this match with a huge spinning front kick to Rhodes and the champs win again.

Melina defeated Jillian

I haven’t seen Melina in a while, and I didn’t like to see her here. I never likd here. I don’t think these women can wrestle all that well. I didn’t like this match, and it wasn’t all that great at all. This match was only watchable because Santino was on commentary and making fun of himself and the women. Melina drops Jillian with the last call and the match is over. Lame match.

Batista defeated Dolph Ziggler

This was a train wreck. Dolph, former member of the spirit squad, got killed for no particular reasons…oh yeah, the drug thing. Dolph got some good offense in, as Batista was stunned initially, and the commentary team was selling Ziggler as an incredible wrestler, until the tables turned and things really got bad. Batista tried the spear and missed, as Ziggler jumped up over him, and then after what I thought was going to be the Batista bomb, Ziggler powered out of the Batista bomb. Ziggler’s main mistake though was that he jumped off the top rope into Batista’s arms to get a spine buster than we got the Batista bomb and it was all said and done. Batista walks alone.Morrison defeated Finlay

Finlay was not looking so good against John Morrison as Morrison started this match with a flurry of offense. Finlay answered back with some stiff hits of his own, but it seemed like Morrison was just in the zone. There were a lot of rest holds for this match up, and that was weird, considering that they were short on time in my view. However, they picked it up with a good set of chains to close this match up. Finlay loses to John Morrison, and now Punk will face Morrison in the semi-finals of the Intercontinental title tournament.

Rey Mysterio defeated The Miz

Rey Mysterio came out with his arm heavily taped. However, that didn’t stop him from getting the 619 right off the bat, however he missed a splash and landed on the injured arm of his, and Miz came in and targeted that mistake like a veteran. I can’t believe that the WWE got The Miz over somehow, as he was looking good in this match. Mysterio was basically helpless for a good portion of this match, but Mysterio used his speed to get out of the way and jump in to take some quick shots where he didn’t have to use his arm. I’m not sure how this happened but by some miracle Mysterio wins and advances in the intercontinental championship tournament. Yep, Mysterio pulls one out of the hat to win.

John Cena defeated Kane

I wasn’t sure where this one was going, but it was your typical John Cena match. Even with Chris Jericho’s interference, John Cena beat the big red machine clean. It didn’t take a whole lot out of the champion. Cena then charged Jericho outside of the ring and gave him another famous beat down. But Priceless came out, then Randy Orton came out and Cena was basically helpless. Cena was getting pulled towards the ramp and getting set up for a ddt off the ramp to the floor, and BOOOM! DDT on the FLOOR off the Ramp on Cena. Then Jericho, Orton, Manu, and Cody Rhodes celebrated the demise of Cena with Jericho kicking cena while he was down. The Crowd went into a Batista chant, but nothing happened for a good long while, and we got Jericho slapping on the walls of Jericho old school style on Cena.WWE Raw 12/1/08 Results

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